tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30817506.post2362256089807467652..comments2017-07-17T07:11:21.060-07:00Comments on <center><big>Right in a Left World</big></center>: America’s Veterans, A Better BreedLew Watershttps://plus.google.com/113977833310333998130noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30817506.post-67024317341134326952011-03-05T21:23:46.811-08:002011-03-05T21:23:46.811-08:00That&#39;s all any ever expected, just a simple th...That&#39;s all any ever expected, just a simple thank you.<br /><br />And, thank you, please feel free to share as you wish.Lew Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06422249750094117697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30817506.post-85044071515534255172011-03-05T21:21:08.437-08:002011-03-05T21:21:08.437-08:00Lew, thank you for sharing this. I will share it o...Lew, thank you for sharing this. I will share it on my profile. Very eloquent and yet heart rending.<br /><br />Welcome Home, my friend. I can do no more to try and show how much I appreciate your service to our country.minxtamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558563895405613044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30817506.post-45324748580749017772007-11-12T09:46:00.000-08:002007-11-12T09:46:00.000-08:00Veterans Day I wish I was more proficient with my ...Veterans Day <BR/><BR/>I wish I was more proficient with my blog, so that I could post a picture of a soldier or an American flag to honor Veterans Day. Unfortunately, I am still learning and breaking in with the blog. Anyway, I would not be doing this blog in the first place if it were not for our veterans, especially those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. <BR/><BR/>I am proud to be a veteran myself, but those who served in combat are far up the military totem pole from me. Today, in an all volunteer military, our young men and women who choose to wear the uniform are the best our society has to offer.<BR/><BR/>Thank you to all our service members, past and present who have defended and are defending our freedom.<BR/><BR/>Have a happy Veteran's Day, but don't forget the solumn part of it.<BR/><BR/>gary fouse<BR/>fousesquawkGary Fousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17014739065121483409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30817506.post-55432422170569744272007-11-11T15:46:00.000-08:002007-11-11T15:46:00.000-08:00Mike, I love both of those songs. They both choke ...Mike, I love both of those songs. They both choke me up.Lew Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06422249750094117697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30817506.post-69665373002974104292007-11-11T15:09:00.000-08:002007-11-11T15:09:00.000-08:00"A pittance of time" *and* "Poster Girl" from Oz."A pittance of time" *and* "Poster Girl" from Oz.Mike H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07098719665902045519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30817506.post-8280538415156880442007-11-11T13:40:00.000-08:002007-11-11T13:40:00.000-08:00Believe me, Debbie, we thank all of you who stood ...Believe me, Debbie, we thank all of you who stood behind us and welcomed us home.Lew Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06422249750094117697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30817506.post-86761702726296646822007-11-11T11:52:00.000-08:002007-11-11T11:52:00.000-08:00Very nice tribute. Welcome home indeed. They all...Very nice tribute. Welcome home indeed. They all deserve a hero's welcome, our thanks and our support.Debbiehttp://www.righttruth.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30817506.post-83822709145996494832007-11-11T11:07:00.000-08:002007-11-11T11:07:00.000-08:00Thank you, Canuckguy. As I'm sure you already know...Thank you, Canuckguy. As I'm sure you already know, I hold the Canadian Military in highest regard, whether the government supports the current cause or not. <BR/><BR/>Canada has a rich heritage as does America in the fight for freedoms.<BR/><BR/>We can never minimize the importance of women's sacrifices either. Whether as a nurse, clerk or today, a front line soldier, they have stood up alongside men and too many made the ulitmate sacrifice as well, all to give their fellow man freedom and liberty.<BR/><BR/>Your fellow countryman, Terry Kelly's Pittance of Time moves me to near tears everytime I watch it. That is the most moving tribute to Veterans I have ever seen.Lew Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06422249750094117697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30817506.post-91934086131790853542007-11-11T11:01:00.000-08:002007-11-11T11:01:00.000-08:00As a Canadian and though I never served in the mil...As a Canadian and though I never served in the military , I also have a deep appreciation for veterans. I always attended the Remembrance Day ceremonies and today(Nov 11) I was with my 26 year old schoolteacher daughter and my 90 year old mother who is a veteran in that she was an army nurse and served overseas since 1942 during WWII in England, France Belgium, Holland and Germany not returning home until Aug 1946 as she stayed over to cared for the severly wounded whose departure was delayed. My father who passed away in 1981 also served overseas in Europe in an anti tank regiment. There was a time not that long ago(70's and 80's) when not much was relayed to the school children about the import of Nov 11. However I have noticed in the last half decade, more emphasis in the school in my small province on teaching the kids this part of our history.<BR/><BR/>It is sad but unavoidable that each year the ranks of the vets thin out and it has been happening at a noticably accelerating rate since the start of the new century. <BR/><BR/>BTW Lew, when I heard stories about the indifferent, sometimes hostile reception Vietnam vets got returning home, it made me sad that people could be so hard hearted. We currently have some left-wing shitheads in our provincial capital of Fredericton who have pushed for a boycott of business that display the "I Support the Troops" ribbons. They are of the same mindset of those who cursed the home coming Vietnam vets.Canuckguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00579310885688785580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30817506.post-27967623236458938012007-11-11T10:33:00.000-08:002007-11-11T10:33:00.000-08:00Please make comments in support of or to express a...Please make comments in support of or to express appreciation for our Veterans. <BR/><BR/>I have several other threads for political discussion and statements. <BR/><BR/>This one is for expressing thanks to our Veterans.<BR/><BR/>Thank you.Lew Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06422249750094117697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30817506.post-64955955177553896712007-11-11T10:19:00.000-08:002007-11-11T10:19:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30817506.post-72122800233325432282007-11-11T08:50:00.000-08:002007-11-11T08:50:00.000-08:00Mustang, I agree with you. During my time in Viet ...Mustang, I agree with you. During my time in Viet Nam I served alongside some of the very best men I have ever known.<BR/><BR/>Today, we are aging, gray hired or balding and at times, cross with each other. But still, we are in an exclusive brotherhood few know.<BR/><BR/>Welcome home, brother.Lew Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06422249750094117697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30817506.post-69225027380053748712007-11-11T07:45:00.000-08:002007-11-11T07:45:00.000-08:00In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a sca...<B><EM>In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.</B></EM> ~Mark Twain, Notebook, 1935<BR/><BR/>I remember my fellows with tremendous pride, and humility, that I was so privileged to stand with them.Mustanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18077687600048530321noreply@blogger.com